Buffalo-guy wrote:Mark.
One thing, leave the lower coolant manifold off till the engine is in the frame. It just gets in the way. when you manhandle the motor between the rails. BTW, studs are in tomorrows mail. Cheers.
Fred
thanks fred i wanted to make as much myself as possible but some things are best original .
thanks again mark.
She will never be pretty but hoping she will be a fun ride.
Suzukidave wrote:After doing it this way a couple of times by myself i can say for sure if the frame is stripped down putting it on the engine is the way to go to keep from chipping paint off the frame .
Just for info - I tried this method yesterday - pretty smooth and no issues !
I've also copied TZ's needle roller bearing suggestion for the swing arm - easy upgrade, quite affordable (about $24), and feels pretty solid. He walks through the how-to on his web site here, plus I wrote about here as well.
Ian
If at first you don't succeed, just get a bigger hammer !
